Embracer Group Acquires Duke Nukem’s 3D Realms and Six Other Studios

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Image: 3D Realms



The Embracer Group, a Swedish video game holding company that already oversees the likes of THQ Nordic, Saber Interactive, and Gearbox Entertainment, announced today that it is now the proud owner of seven more great studios. These new acquisitions comprise Slipgate Ironworks, Digixart, Force Field, Easy Trigger, Ghost Ship Games, CrazyLabs, and, perhaps most notably, 3D Realms. The latter should be immediately recognizable to anyone who grew up playing shooter titles leveraging a shareware model in the nineties, as it is the company behind the classic Duke Nukem games and other iconic titles such as Shadow Warrior. The Embracer Group has also acquired an eighth company called Grimfrost, a leader of high-quality Viking merchandise...

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They got 3drealms for free with the others or what? They don't have the rights to duke nukem anymore and employ only half a dozen staff and haven't made a game in over a decade?